Windows Phone 7 users wanting to test Microsoft's revamped email service outlook.com which is being called Hotmail's successor was greeted with a warning that if they change the email address used to set up the phone, features such as email, the marketplace and skydrive among others will stop working.
There is an easy fix for this for those who still want to test drive the new outlook.com. You can get the new @outlook.com addresss and still have your old hotmail or live email ID. It's like killing 2 birds with 1 stone so to speak. Still interested? Here's what you do:
- Head over to to the Outlook website and sign in with your old @hotmail or @live ID
- Create an @outlook.com address as an alias here (this allows you to keep your old address and get a new @outlook address
- Finish setup. You can now continue using your original address and any new mail sent to your new outlook address will showup in a folder of your choice (chosen during alias setup).
To switch back to the old hotmail.com, simply click the settings icon (jagged circle) and the switch back to hotmail option will be there.
ENJOY 
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